Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her something like a public building

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Marriage Quotes, Women Quotes

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn...

Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn...